Faculty Assistant
Job Description
Position Number:
129001Title:
Faculty AssistantFunctional Title:
Faculty AssistantCategory Status:
15-Fac.Non-Tenured,Continuing ConApplicant Search Category:
FacultyUniversity Authorized FTE:
1.0Unit:
AGNR-Animal & Avian SciencesCampus/College Information:
Founded in 1856, University of Maryland, College Park is the state’s flagship institution. Our 1,250-acre College Park campus is just minutes away from Washington, D.C., and the nexus of the nation’s legislative, executive, and judicial centers of power. This unique proximity to business and technology leaders, federal departments and agencies, and a myriad of research entities, embassies, think tanks, cultural centers, and non-profit organizations is simply unparalleled. Synergistic opportunities for our faculty and students abound and are virtually limitless in the nation’s capital and surrounding areas. The University is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding and diverse faculty and staff that will enhance our stature of preeminence in our three missions of teaching, scholarship, and full engagement in our community, the state of Maryland, and in the world.
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Position Summary/Purpose of Position:
A faculty assistant position is available to evaluate a bacterial vaccine which can control colonization of Salmonella enterica, a common causative agent of foodborne infectious diseases in the US. Ongoing project is focused on maintaining the animal research facility, specifically poultry, housing and raising, health and behavior monitoring, immunized with vaccine strains, determine the colonization and persistence of vaccine strain, measuring the immunity, challenged with pathogenic bacterial such as S. enterica and their colonization ability, and compare the gut microbiome composition.
Benefits Summary
Top Benefits and Perks:Minimum Qualifications:
Education:
MS degree (earned no earlier than 2021) in animal science or poultry science.
Experience:
Candidates must have some experience of working with chicken immunization.
Knowledge, Skils, and Abilities:
MS degree (earned no earlier than 2021) in animal science or poultry science.
Experience:
Candidates must have some experience of working with chicken immunization.
Knowledge, Skils, and Abilities:
- A strong background in technical skills in the following areas is required: handing BSL-2 pathogens, housing and raising animals specifically poultry, necroscopy, euthanizing and sacrificing animals. mucosal biology, microbiological and molecular techniques (such as gene cloning and expression, RT-PCR, qRT-PCR), mammalian cell culture, confocal microscopy, protein purification and characterization.
- The candidate needs to work with infectious agents and should have the ability to function independently and contribute to data analysis and manuscript preparation and helping undergraduate and graduate students.
Posting Date:
12/07/2023Open Until Filled
YesBest Consideration Date
12/20/2023Physical Demands
This position requires the lifting and moving of moderately weighted goods (20-50 lbs., for example, Centrifuge Rotors) up to 25 feet, operating tissue culture cells or zebrafish tanks, and utilizing hazardous chemicals, radioisotopes, and compressed gases. While performing the duties within this job, the employee frequently is required to maneuver, handle, or feel objects, tools, or instrument controls. The position also requires prolonged periods of standing to include maneuvering obstacles which may require stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling and accessing necessary tools and objects. Furthermore, the employee is regularly required to operate a computer.
To operate specific lab equipment, the employee must utilize devices and make observations from diverse angles of perception: adjusting exploratory and imaging devices as needed. Employees may work in conditions with fluctuating temperatures: including spaces up to 83 F for extended periods.
Diversity Statement:
The University of Maryland, College Park, an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, creed, marital status, political affiliation, personal appearance, or on the basis of rights secured by the First Amendment, in all aspects of employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.
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